The Children’s Center presents

Advocacy Day

May 8, 2013

Child & Family Issues, Children’s Mental Health, Foster Care Awareness

Help erase stigma and give voice to the issues facing children & families living with mental illness; emotional, behavioral, or developmental disorders; trauma, and within the foster care system.

Child & Family Advocates will meet with State legislators in Lansing to engage in advocacy related dialogue and raise awareness about the issues

•        HealthCare Reform & Behavioral Health Parity
•         Medicaid Expansion
•         Expanding Funding for Early Childhood Education
•         Mental Health Services and K-12 Partnerships
•         Funding Equity for Foster Care Services

Who Should Attend?  Child & Family Advocates, Foster Care Families, Social Workers, Children’s Mental Health Consumers, Community Partners, Schools and Educators.

Advocacy Day Sample Itinerary:

Morning:		Afternoon:
7:15 AM	Departure (Detroit)	11:45 AM	Lunch &  Keynote Speaker
9:00 AM	Legislative Meetings & Committee Hearings	1:30 PM	House Session
10:00 AM	Senate Session & Committee Hearings	2:30 PM	Legislative Meetings
11:00 AM	Legislative Meetings & Committee Hearings	3:15 PM	Departure (Lansing)

Registration:  Click here to RSVP by April 22, 2013.

Send questions to Clarence Gayles: Cgayles@childrensctr.net or 313.969.5696.

The Children’s Center’s Guiding Principles

• Behavioral health is an important part of a child’s total physical health diagnosis.
• Behavioral health treatment should be treated equally within the law.
• All children reserve the right to be treated fairly; to have all of their health care, educational, recreational, and basic personal needs met; and, to have the ability to shape their own futures.